Sasuke was rarely surprised. In fact, he made it practice to never be surprised. It's something you cultivate when you're an ANBU.
This time, however, he found himself genuinely at a loss for words. Well, except for one word.
"What?"
His lover stood in front of him, looking annoyed.
"You don't believe me!"
"No. I don't."
"Asshole," Naruto growled. "When I finally manage to achieve my dream, all you can say is 'what?'. I knew you were stupid, but I didn't think you were this bad."
"It's just that there are other, more..."
"Don't you dare say I'm not fit for the job," Naruto growled, eyes narrowing.
"You're not the most responsible of people."
"But I care!"
"You try to escape work as much as possible."
"Not like Tsunade baa-chan doesn't do that too."
"You have little patience with people."
"I'm losing what little I have with you!" Naruto snarled, glaring at the Uchiha.
"You see what I mean, then?"
Naruto twitched, then pounced, pinning Sasuke to the ground.
"Can't you say 'Good Job' just once? Or does your stupid Uchiha ego get in the way of you not being an asshole?"
The patented Uchiha smirk crept across Sasuke's face. Sasuke could tell Naruto was gearing up to yell at him some more, but before the blonde could get started, Sasuke reached up and gently caressed Naruto's face.
"I'm proud of you, Naruto." A wry note entered Sasuke's voice. "Though I suppose that I can't call you dobe anymore, can I?"
There was a short silence as Naruto absorbed Sasuke's words. Sasuke watched as a slow, content smile spread across Naruto's face.
"See, it wasn't that hard to admit that I'm a great ninja."
"I didn't say you were great. I said I was proud of you."
Naruto's smile quickly turned into a scowl. "You can never be nice, can you?"
"Probably."
The scowl turned into a small, chagrined smirk. "That's okay though" The smirk quickly turned mischievous. "I get to order you around, now, Sasuke, and you have to obey me."
Shit. He hadn't thought of that.
Apparently Naruto could read that, and the blonde laughed, before sitting back, allowing Sasuke to sit up partially.
"Sheesh, Neiji's gonna have a fit when he finds out."
"Have you told Kakashi-sensei or Iruka-sensei?"
Naruto shook his head. "No. I wanted to tell you first, since you're more important to me than anyone else."
Sasuke couldn't help but feel slightly flattered, and pulled his blonde lover into a gentle kiss.
"Congratulations. Now, go and tell everyone," he murmured when the kiss was broken. "Though you're going to give me a detailed description of everyone's reactions."
Naruto gave Sasuke a wide grin. "Sure, asshole."
Naruto gave Sasuke one long, lingering kiss before pulling away, standing up and running a hand through his hair, now filled with nervous energy.
Sasuke watched Naruto leave as he sat on the floor, thinking.
This changed many things. The one that filled his mind, much to his chagrin, was the fact that Naruto would have a very private residence, with few neighbors and even fewer people wanting to check on the private activities of their Hokage. That meant a great many good things for him and Naruto.
The Uchiha residence area was lonely. He might just...move in with Naruto. Without telling the man. As a surprise. Because he always loved to see Naruto's face go from confused, to pissed, to pleased in the span of a heartbeat. It always was classic.
After that thought, Sasuke stood, and stretched. He had gotten better at landing on his back with a significant weight on top of him. It didn't sting half as much as it used to. The smirk slowly formed on his face, and Sasuke jumped out the window, heading over to his house. He would wait until the official announcement, then plan when he was going to move in.